Reactable hosts Stevie Wonder
Reactable, the table-top object-modeling synthesizer system, enjoys a visit and a little quality time with Stevie Wonder.
The revolutionary Reactable instrument hits the stage with its new incarnation: The Reactable Live! It brings all the possibilities of the original Reactable and makes it portable and easy to setup. The Live! version of the instrument allows you to touch and see the music while performing. The different sound generation and manipulation modules, which are real physical objects, permit infinite flexibility and control in musical expression. Exploring and using modern techniques of music production has never been easier or more exciting.
The Reactable was conceived as an instrument to bring back the expressive possibilities of traditional instruments to musicians who are working with new technologies. It uses concepts of modular synthesis, sampling, advanced digital effects processing, and DJing and combines them with modern human computer interaction, multitouch technology and a tangible interface. The Reactable Live! is a completely new experience in live music performance.
Experimental: Mechanical Musical Birds
Here’s an interesting electronic instrument that apparently has been under construction for a decade, enjoy
“Gaeoudjiparl – Mechanical Birds Performance HD. Hand carved over the last 10 years. Gaeoudjiparl has created his own unique mechanical birds with which he performs live.”
Stoner Planet T sampled Electric Piano for Kontakt
A sampled Hohner Pianet T, overdriven with vintage valves and recorded to tape.
Over 40 presets for Kontakt 4.2.3 or later, with the emphasis on stoned 70s sounds 
Just doodling through some of the presets…
Many patches have an auto wah style feature, and all of the effects/vibratos etc in this video are from Kontakt, mapped via the modulation wheel.
Another demo on soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/tronsonic-1/stoner-planet-t-electric-piano
Auria iPad DAW Extended Video Interview
Russ speaks to Wavemachine labs about their new pro DAW for the iPad. Auria is a 48-track recording system for the iPad, giving you the ability to play 48 mono or stereo 24bit/44.1 kHz tracks simultaneously, record up to 24 of those tracks simultaneously (through any supported USB multichannel audio interface), and edit and mix with familiar tools and full parameter automation.
What’s more, Auria’s 64-bit Double Precision architecture ensures ample headroom for plug-in processing and mix summing, transforming your iPad into a recording and mixing system with sound quality that rivals most DAWs.
The depth is in the details. Like customizable pan laws. Like meters that are selectable between VU and RMS. Like full delay compensation for all tracks, including aux sends and subgroups. Complete with a vintage-inspired channel strip on every channel, a dedicated master channel strip, VST plug-ins engineered by renowned makers such as PSPaudioware, Overloud, Fab Filter and Drumagog, and support for Dropbox, Soundcloud, AAF, and MP3, Auria truly raises the bar for recording and mixing on the iPad.
OVERVIEW:
- Up to 48 tracks of simultaneous playback
- Record up to 24 tracks at once
- VST plugin support
- AAF Import and Export
- Fully featured multitrack editor
- Includes plugins from PSPaudioware, Fabfilter, and more
Introducing a new electronic instrument at NAMM – The Slaperoo
The Slaperoo is a new electronic music instrument, introduced at the 2012 NAMM Show.
Best Service has released Galaxy X Convolution Synthesizer
Best Service has announced the Galaxy X Convolution Synthesizer by Galaxy Instruments.
After three years of development Galaxy Instruments and Best Service proudly present GALAXY “X”, an exciting new virtual instrument with an extraordinary new kind of sound design: Effect Convolution. It all begins with the sources, which are sample sets especially and exclusively recorded and tweaked for use with FX Convolution: for X-KEYS hundreds of tonally playable instruments like piano overtones, a bowed fan, waterphone or mini-celesta, for X-FX thousands of effect sounds such as magic balls, whirling wood or circuit bent noises and for X-LOOPS exceptional loops such as 1-tone-drum, body percussion or rod spring piano.
But this is just food for the beast: the X-Engine.
With the X-Files of the X-Engine, a celeste mutates into a tuning orchestra, a bowed ventilator sinks into the resonances of a piano, a sitar smashes into a clatter of glass, a tonal dance loop arises from a kalimba.
X comes with over 1000 extraordinary ready to play key, FX and loop instruments and an extremely intuitive user interface, enabling you to create trillions of sounds easily.
Galaxy X features
- Convolution Synthesizer.
- New sound synthesis for exciting new sounds.
- Integrated system for FX convolution in one virtual instrument.
- Complete production kit: X-Keys, X-FX and X-Loops.
- More than 1000 ready-to-play Instrument Layers.
- Easy creation of user sounds.
- 15GB of Source Sounds.
- More than 1000 multi-sampled Source Key Instruments.
- More than 5000 Source Loops.
- More than 2000 Source Effect Sounds.
- More than 1400 Convolution X-Files for completely altering the source sounds.
- Complex sound design with an extremely intuitive user interface.
- Easy dynamic use of convolution using the Mod Wheel.
- X-Eye for visualizing the amount of convolution.
- Musical and intuitive Pre-X and Post-X effects.
- Endless sound possibilities designed by you.
Galaxy X will be shipping January 2012 (release at NAMM show), priced MSRP 249 EUR / £219 GBP / $299 USD.
UVI Announces Emulation II
UVI has announced Emulation II, it’s simulation of the fabled E-mu Emulator II sampler. Here’s what they have to say:
“Emulation II features a set of unique instruments to reproduce that typical music from the 80s: from warm digital sounds to the most analog-ish textures.
UVI adopted a hybrid approach to create these sounds, combining deep multi-sampling and powerful modeling tools (analog filters, LFO, envelopes, etc.), inspired by the original machine and enhanced with today most modern audio processing and script technology.
Sounds were recorded and carefully selected from the authentic restored instrument, with the very best analog and digital gear, suiting UVI quality standard. This process allows preserving the original sounds’ lo-fi charm.
Besides, hundreds of sounds and instruments among the best are included: drums, bass, bells, choir-voices, fretted instruments, FXs, keyboards, mallets, percussion, synths, strings, orchestral hits and a lot more.
A simple, yet complete, user interface reproduces the looks and feeling of the most famous and essential machine from the eighties. With 250+ best sounds and primary editing tools, Emulation II enables you to create authentic spin-offs with infinite options of sounds and tones.
This is definitely the ultimate digital version of the long standing professional sampler of the mid-80s, that has been used by Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Jean-Michel Jarre, Stevie Wonder, Genesis, Paul McCartney, Enya, Vangelis, in John Carpenter’s soundtracks, etc.
Discover also Drumulation: an utter beatbox with step sequencer from the eighties, loaded with 500+ drums and percussion sounds. Make your beats sound 12 bits!”
Emulation II is available for Mac and PC in Standalone, VST, AU, RTAS, and MAS formats. Requires an iLok dongle.
Price is $199
Borderlands Demo/Improvisation
http://vimeo.com/34382992
Borderlands is an interactive granular sampling instrument that was built for a course at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Please view the video in fullscreen, HD (so the text is visible).
For source code, usage information, and other details, please visit ccrma.stanford.edu/~carlsonc/256a/Borderlands/index.html
Borderlands originated as a final project for the class “Software Paradigms for Computer Music” at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). Given the time constraints of the academic quarter and the short period over which Borderlands was developed, the software is by no means fully realized – there are a lot of features left to be added (see the list here). I hope to continue expanding the capabilities in the coming weeks. A multitouch/mobile version is planned, but probably won’t be available for another few months. I have also been talking with a few people about an interactive sound installation, which will hopefully begin to take shape in the near future.
Free S4 Rhythm Composer for iPad
This app is a beatbox allows you to compose and play 64 beat patterns.
You can also record the patterns.
S4-Rhythm composer is a beatbox allows you to compose 64 beat patterns.
To check all beat patterns in a bar immediately, use the large screen of iPad.
Use various Effect Functions while playing a beat; you can enjoy the beatbox as you play the beat actually.
The beat patterns can be exported as WAV files. You can use the files on various DAWs by importing them into PC via iTunes.
Functions
– 10 PCM sound sources (Kick, Snare, Tom1, Tom2, Tom3, HandClap, HHopen, HHclose, Ride, Crash)
– Tempo (40-280 bpm), Tap Tempo, Swing, Groove functions
– Step Sequencer (up to 64 steps)
– Various Part Effect functions (Compressor, Roller)
– Various Master Effect functions (Delay, BPM Delay, Compressor, Distortion, Chorus/Flanger, LPF, Slicer, Roller)
– Audio Export function
– Real-Time Recoding function
– Wireless Sync-Start Technology (WIST) is supported
S4-Rhythm Composer is an app only for iPad; NOT for iPhone/iPod Touch.
Pulsate for Android
Out now in the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=de.despudelskern.application.pulsate
Pulsate allows you to use geometry to create melodies straight from your Android device. Pulsate’s simple, organic functionality lets you explore a world where sounds and shapes are inextricably linked. Pulsate will keep you hypnotised for hours, you will never make the same melody twice!
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